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A.G. GancarskiJuly 13, 2016

The Hillary Clinton campaign will bring some extra star power to Jacksonville Wednesday, with former President Bill Clinton slated to be on hand at the opening of her campaign office. The office will be located at 2115 University Blvd. S. on Jacksonville’s Southside. The event has a scheduled start of 2:30 p.m. The event will be closed […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 11, 2016

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Jacksonville is set to receive a $295,650 grant for port security from the Department of Homeland Security, enhancing hazardous materials response. Tia Ford, spokesperson for Mayor Lenny Curry, said the money has been awarded to the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department, and will fund the Maritime CBRNE (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosives) Response System. So what will […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 28, 2016

Yearly savings of $57 million on Jacksonville’s unfunded pension liability could be realized within a few years if the half-cent sales tax referendum passes, according to the new Milliman actuarial study, commissioned by the City of Jacksonville. The summary notes some of the talking points that have surfaced of late, pointing out that “rather than the […]

Melissa RossJune 23, 2016

Jacksonville attorney Paula Bartlett readily admits she’s a political outsider. But the Democratic candidate seeking to oust Duval Clerk of Courts Ronnie Fussell is starting to generate some grassroots support, mainly in the form of small donors, in her campaign to reopen the Duval County Courthouse wedding chapel. Fussell (and a few other Florida clerks) […]

Melissa RossJune 22, 2016

On the heels of a damning new report, 4th Judicial Circuit State Attorney candidate Wes White is calling for a Department of Justice investigation into incumbent State Attorney Angela Corey and her office for what he calls a “systematic and systemic violation of the law.” White’s move comes as Folio Weekly reports Corey apparently kept it […]

Melissa RossJune 20, 2016

In a large, urban school district like Duval County — where fully half the kids in the public schools are on free or reduced lunch — poverty is real, and widespread. The achievement gap remains stubborn and formidable. And one of the many obstacles kids in poor districts have to learning is the infamous “digital […]

Melissa RossJune 17, 2016

Expressions of sympathy and support from Jacksonville’s political leadership in the aftermath of the Orlando Pulse nightclub shooting massacre are falling flat with North Florida’s LGBT community. “It was a bias-motivated attack against a gay bar to kill LGBT people,” said Jacksonville attorney and activist Jimmy Midyette. “When leaders neuter expressions of sympathy of that fact […]

Melissa RossJune 15, 2016

The mass shooting in Orlando isn’t changing Tommy Hazouri‘s timetable for reintroducing an updated human rights ordinance in Jacksonville. “It’s been our plan all along to do it after the mayor’s sales tax referendum,” Hazouri told WJCT. That said, the former mayor and at-large city councilman says the shootings of 49 people at the Pulse nightclub […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 14, 2016

One of the trends in state and local government of late: instituting and hiring a chief data officer. Broadly speaking, a chief data officer synthesizes the often siloed information from discrete parts of an organization. FloridaPolitics.com has acquired a white paper from the senior staff of Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry, which makes the case for a chief data […]

Melissa RossJune 13, 2016

Next month, supporters of the Second Amendment will gather in Jacksonville for the Southeast Shooting and Outdoor Convention. Spokesman Jon McGowan says despite the controversy in the wake of the deadly mass shooting in Orlando, weapons manufacturers that produce the AR-15 will be on hand. “AR-15 manufacturers Remington, Bushmaster, DPMS, Adcor Defense, Nemo Arms and […]

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Bill Clinton to open Hillary Clinton campaign HQ in Jax Wednesday

Jax gets $295,650 port security grant from Homeland Security

$57M savings possible per year by FY 19 if Jax pension tax passes

Paula Bartlett on uphill battle against Ronnie Fussell: ‘the entire community should be outraged’

Wes White calls for DOJ investigation of Angela Corey

Duval County Public Schools selling laptops for $50 to narrow ‘digital divide’

City of Jax ‘Dear Orlando’ postcard campaign criticized as tone-deaf

Tommy Hazouri on Lenny Curry: ‘I’m sure the mayor has his regrets’

White paper: Jacksonville mulls chief data officer position

Shooting and Outdoor Convention moving ahead in Jacksonville